In this tutorial, we’re going to cover how to customize advanced settings in QuickBooks Online. These settings affect what shows up on your financial reports, including your profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. In addition, the advanced settings fine-tune your QuickBooks Online company account to capture all the information you need…
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Call Routing: What It Is & How to Use It
In any business phone system, call routing is one of the most important tools to guide callers to their desired extension. It is not merely placing callers on hold until the next agent becomes available; it is a technology that directs callers to the correct department or specific agent using pre-existing criteria. Some of these…
How to Make a Forum Website in 6 Simple Steps
Forums are a great way to build an engaged community. Whether you’re looking to make a forum site like Reddit or Tripadvisor, or simply add a forum to an existing website, the good news is that it’s easy to learn how to make a forum website. To start, get web hosting and a domain, then…
How Much Does a Website Cost: DIY vs Professional
Websites have become a vital component to small business success. Nearly half, or 46% to be exact, of all Google searches are local searches (meaning people are looking to find businesses and service providers near them), and nearly one-third of local searches lead to purchases. And yet, 36% of small businesses don’t have a website,…
Employee Retention: How To Keep Your Top Talent 10 Steps
Most managers would agree that employee retention is important. High turnover is expensive, bad for morale, and can negatively impact the performance of other employees. Plus, depending on the job market, it can be difficult to continuously hire high-quality team members. To avoid potentially costly turnover, take steps to retain your top talent by providing…
How to Build Business Credit in 6 Steps
A business credit score is an indicator of your business’s creditworthiness, which lenders and creditors use to determine your risk as a potential borrower. Scores typically range from 0 to 100 and are measured by the major business credit bureaus: Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax, and Experian. A good score can be the ticket to a…
Payroll Checks: Where To Buy Payroll Checks & Paper
You will need to process payroll checks manually if you’re not paying your employees electronically. To start, you need check stock. Depending on where you purchase, you should expect to pay from around $30 to $150 for a ream of 500 checks and even more if you have them customized. Where To Buy Payroll Checks…
How to Set Up Customer Statements in QuickBooks Online
This tutorial covers how to set up customer statements in QuickBooks Online. We’ll show you how to control the level of detail provided and add an aging table to the bottom of your statement. We hope you enjoy this tutorial for QuickBooks Online, our best overall pick for small business accounting software. We recommend following…
How to Set Up Products and Services in QuickBooks Online
This tutorial covers numerous options for displaying and tracking products and services within QuickBooks Online. You’ll learn how to set options for displaying product/service information on sales forms and tracking product quantity and price. We’ll cover how to create a list of products and services for your company in a later tutorial, or you can…
10 Tips for Lowering Workers’ Comp Premiums
Workers’ compensation insurance is one of the most expensive policies small business owners can buy. Depending on their state, industry, and other factors, some business owners may pay as much as $80 per $100 of payroll for coverage. However, you can take steps to reduce your costs. Here are 10 tips for lowering your workers’…
Facebook Ads Cost by Industry
Facebook Ads continues to grow as a popular digital advertising platform, and now has around 7 million advertisers worldwide. With a low average cost-per-click (CPC) of $1.86 and an average cost-per-thousand-views (CPM) of $11.19, it’s easy to see why businesses are looking to Facebook Ads. It not only offers sophisticated audience targeting options, but it…
How to Create & Distribute a Video Press Release
A video press release is a company announcement presented to the press (via a news wire, digital targeting, or email) in a video format rather than a traditional written format. These videos can then stand alone as the entire press release or can be included in a traditional written press release as a multimedia component….